Improvement in harrows



dimitri time SAMUEL LINTANfcr BURRoWs,v

INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 97,416, dated November v30, i869.

-mmP--n IMPROVEMENT N HARROWS.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of the same ple pnlverizing-attaclnnent to the same.

The invention consists in the attachment, to a rectangular frame, vthe side rails of which are pivoted, and on which the harrowfteeth are placed'on transverse bars near each end, of transverse pulverizingbars, the front sides of which are inclined, so as to ride over the clods, lumps, andthe like, and pulverize and crush them down, all as hereinafter specified.

Figure l represents a plan view oi' vmy improved liarrow, and

Figure 2 same.

represents a longitudinal section of the A represents a rectangular frame, the side rails oi which are jointed, 'as shown at B.

This frame, which supports the barrow-teeth on 'transverse hars C, is provided with transverse pulveriZing-bars D, connected to the under side of the side rails, and inclined on their lower iaces, as shown at E,

so that they will ride over` the elods and lumps, for v crushing them.

The jointed side bars permit these pulVeriing-bars to work close to the surface, no matter how uneven it may be.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A. barrow, p rovided with one series of perpendicular teeth Vin front, "another clod-crushers in the middle, so that the clods may be broughtto the surface by the first, crushed or mashed lby the second, and pulled to pieces or pulverized by the third, all as shown and described.

Witnesses:` SAML. H. LINTAN.

GEORGE Sinne, GEO. W. HALL.

series behind, and a series of 

